Neck protector for use with hairdresser&#39;s wrappers or the like



Patented Feb. 4, 1936 PATENT OFFICE NECK PROTECTOR FOR USE WITH DRESSERSWRAPPERS OR THE HAIR,- LIKE v Arthur Frster, Gorlitz, GermanyApplication August 9, 1934, Serial No. 739,095 In Germany September 1,1933 1 Claim.

This invention has reference to neck protectors for use withhairdressers wrappers or the like themselves used to protect the dressduring haircutting, shampooing, hairdressing, shaving and such like.

It rarely happens that a hairdresser provides each customer with a freshwrapper or the like and in order to give an appearance of cleanliness itis usual for the hairdresser to insert a strip of thin paper between theneck of the customer and the wrapper or the like which is gathered roundthe neck. Fromthe point of view of hygiene it is seldom that anything isgained by this since the wrapper or the like is generally arranged roundthe neck of the customer before the strip of paper is placed inposition. Moreover, the strip of paper does not eiectively preventfalling hair from getting between it and the customers neck.

Various proposals have been made to provide an efficient neck protector.There has, for example, already been proposed a neck protectorconsisting of a strip of crepe paper having sewn along one longitudinaledge a band of cotton fabric adapted when the ring is placed round theneck to form a collar, the other longitudinal edge of the strip beingexpanded fan-wise and the ends of the strip being secured together bymeans of a press-button. This and others of the prior proposals referredto are too complicated and also too expensive with the result that itand their use in practice has not become general.

'I'he object of the present invention is to provide a neck protector foruse with hairdressers wrappers or the like during haircutting,hairdressing, shampooing, shaving etc., which while affording aperfectly hygienic protection to the neck will be suiciently inexpensiveto enable a hairdresser not only to incur the additional cost entailedby its use but to also effect a considerable saving in comparison withthe cost of protectors hitherto proposed.

A neck protector in accordance with the invention consists of a strip ofcrepe paper of such a length that it requires to be pulled out toA aconsiderable extent (e. g. approximately twice its original length) tobe fitted in position and having its ends adapted to be securedtogether. The elasticity of the strip of crepe paper enables theprotector to t snugly round the neck and the cost of the crepe paper isso little more than that of the tissue paper hitherto sometimes usedthat there is no inducement for a hairdresser to use the crepe paperprotector more than once, the more so as the fact of a protector beingpulled out would at vonce reveal to a customer that it had beenpreviously used. In order, however, to make it impossible to use theimproved protector more than once, its ends are adapted to be securedtogether in such a manner that the protector must be torn through inorder to remove it. Conveniently, the ends of the protector may beadapted to be secured together by means of 5 an adhesive or ano-n-releasable press-button or like fastening.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a plan of a neck protector inaccordance with the invention laid out flat, Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryelevation showing the ends of the protector sealed together in such away as to necessitate tearing of the protector in order to remove it,and Fig. 3 illustrates the protector in use.

Referring to the drawing, the improved protector comprises a strip a ofcrepe paper which may suitably be about 20 c. m. long and about 7 c. m.wide, and which is capable of being drawn out to about twice its normallength when it is to be fitted in use. The ends of the strip a have ap-20 plied to them coatings b of adhesive for securing them together. Thecoatings of adhesive are provided on the inner face of the strip so thatupon the ends being turned or bent outwards and moistened the ends aresecured by simply press- 25 ing them together as shown in Fig. 2, andthe strip a must be torn through in order to remove it.

Instead of employing an adhesive the ends of the strip a may be providedwith the members c 30 of a press-button of the non-releasable kind themembers c having their co-operative faces on the inner side of the stripa so that the ends can be secured by turning them outwards and pressingthem together.

It will be apparent that the invention provides a neck protectorwhich'is efficient in use, is inexpensive in cost and cannot be used asecond time.

Having now particularly described and ascer- 40 tained the nature of mysaid invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, Ideclare that what I claim is:

A neck protector for use with hair dressers wrappers and the like, saidprotector comprising an elongated strip of crepe paper, said protectorbeing stretchable in its longitudinal direction substantially throughoutits entire width and prior to use being substantially shorter than the.circumference of the neck of the wearer, said protector being adapted tobe stretched to the full circumference of the neck of the wearer when inuse, and an adhesive situated at both ends of said strip of crepe paper,whereby said ends may be permanently joined while the strip surroundsthe neck of the wearer, so that the strip must be torn in order toremove it after use.

ARTHUR FRsTER.

